* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Reserved on: 24.01.2014
Pronounced on : 30.05.2014
+ RFA (OS) 75/2011, C.M. APPL. 15966/2011
INDIA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Sh. K.T.S. Tulsi, Sr. Advocate with Sh. R.S. Mathur and Sh. Amitabh Marwah, Advocates.
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MISS SUSAN LEIGH BEER ........Respondents Through: Sh. Madan Bhatia, Sr. Advocate with Sh. Anup Kumar Sinha, Advocate.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDERSHAN KUMAR MISRA
MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT
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1. The unsuccessful defendant (i.e. the appellant India Tourism Development Corporation, hereafter called "ITDC") challenges the judgment and decree of the Learned Single Judge of this court, who had held it liable to the extent of ₹ 1,82,00,000/- (Rupees one crore eighty two lakhs) with simple interest thereon @ 6% per annum w.e.f 22.01.1982 till the date of the decree and future simple interest on that amount @ 10% per annum till its realization.
2. The brief facts are that the plaintiff (hereafter "Susan" or "the plaintiff" or "the respondent") claimed a decree for ₹ 2,00,00,000/- (Rupees two crores) as damages and interest @ 18% p.a. on the said
RFA(OS)75/2011 Page 1 amount from the date of presentation of the plaint till actual payment. The claim was on the ba